The Illusion of Freedom - Are You Really Free To Do What You Want?

In this video, we explore the human longing for existential freedom, the likely impossible delusion of it being achieved in the way we hope, and the paradoxical concept of freeing oneself from the ideal of freedom in order to overcome this delusion.

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[AimkiOnTube]

With empty hands we can pick up new things, with a empty mind we can pick up a whole new life.

[Dacademeca]

*"Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose."*
- Master Yoda

[hannahh]

Life and existence just really, really scares me.
What the heck are we doing here..

[adrianschelkshorn]

i felt how liberating letting go is, after i stopped caring about getting good grades

[kaball]

Letting go saved me from a lifetime of PTSD and MDD.
The only thing that ever helped me was helplessness. No one will save you from yourself, No matter how long you wait.
Its hard to worry about the past and future when you dont think about it.

[Dacademeca]

*"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free."*
- Thich Nhat Hanh

[angieorozco]

I really needed this video, woke up with existential dread without knowing why. I just felt like I was living outside of my life with no real freedom. All my problems just overwhelming me. Thank you for this video, it brought me some perspective.

[mariasophie]

I like watching these videos before I go to sleep. The voice is calming and these topics free my mind so that I can sleep better.

[dwightk.schrute]

"Have you ever considered... any real freedoms? Freedoms from the opinion of others? Even the opinions of yourself?" -Colonel Walter E. Kurtz

[Nathanclementnoah]

"If you exist, you cannot be free. If there is no you, you cannot be contained by anything"
life = prison
Death = freedom

[behindthepie]

"If my wealth goes away, it takes with it nothing but itself."
-Seneca

[endlesssoul]

“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” - Deepak Chopra

[Dosteyboi]

"...If there is no you, you can not be contained by anything." That hits hard

[deamonlordkyle]

"Freedom can be manifested only in the void of beliefs, in the absence of axioms, and only where the laws have no more authority than a hypothesis."
- Emil Cioran

[anshgala]

Are we really free? We are no more than mere cattles?
-Eren Yeager
This video is literally Eren's philosophy and is his personality to run for freedom

[aries]

"that is the daily routine of a prisoner, not a free man"

i know those words will haunt me for a long time

[Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams

[DarthCalculus]

"the struggle to free myself from restraints becomes my very shackles"

-Meshuggah, "disenchantment" (catch 33)

[tokyo]

“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
- Buddha

[SmashandGrab]

I love seeing you upload. Highlight of my day.